forties
(also 40s, 40’s) /ˈfɔr·t̬iz/ pl nDefinition
› the numbers 40 through 49: The temperature will be in the forties (= between 40° and 49°) today. Our house was built in the forties (= between 1940 and 1949). They are both in their forties (= between 40 and 49 years old).
(Definition of forties pl n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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